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The procedure itself was not bad. As Joel said, they give you some killer drugs. I was out cold for most of it.

As Alan said, the golytely makes you "go heavily," and tastes pretty nasty. One tip I learned a bit too late was to mix the stuff the night before, or the morning before you use it, then stick it in the fridge.

Hey Mark:I had my colonoscopy and endoscopy last week -- ur right - the go-liytely is a misnomer - but I was prepared - didn't eat much solids the day before and bought wet wipes - I was also knocked out for all of mine. If you check my post on My First Endoscopy and Colonscopy under Living With HIV you will see that they found a few things with me. I'm not in a panic though --- they took out some polyps and something from my stomach that they think may be H. Pylori bacteria (which causes ulcers and can cause stomach cancer) - they are doing the biopsies - but I know it will be okay, no matter what. Also, have the erosion in the esophagus - which I knew I had, some hemorrhoids - which I didn't know - and a hiatic hernia - which I didn't know...... but it is what it is --- a had the lemon lime go-lytely and had bought lemon lime Gatorade (cause I didn't know the go-lytely would be the same flavor). I drank it through a straw every 10-15 minutes - just like they said - and it wasn't that bad ---- the straw helped me to put it down pretty quick and I just kept my mind on something else when I did it. I'm glad to hear that yours went so well. Beautiful--- did they give you the report that has all the pictures - in glorious color? I have mine - love looking at them.